p. XIII: "I have realized that the Israeli condition is extremely complex, perhaps even tragic.
p. 38: "(Yitzhak) Tabenkin is very much an anarchist. Deeply influenced by (Peter) Kropotkin and (Mikhail) Bakunin, he is averse to the state, detests all establishments, and is suspicious of military structures, hierarchies and uniforms."
p. 74: Peel Commission recommended a partition of the land into two nation-state, Jewish and Arab.
p. 80: "Masada", a tragic poem by Yitzhak Lamdan, written in 1937.
p. 255: Israel's WASPs (White Ashkenazi Supporters of Peace)
p. 346: Hilda did not indulge in self-pity, but instead fought back.
p. 394: "A movement (Zionism) that got most things right in its early days has gotten almost everything wrong in recent decades."
p. 396: Mount Herzl: Israel's national site of commemoration
p. 398: Jerusalem is not Israel.